Commonly known as counselling or psychotherapy, talking therapies provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for discussing troubles and difficulties.

Such treatments can help individuals find ways of managing their circumstances in positive and helpful ways.

It may help them realise that their current patterns of behaviour or thinking are not serving them well.

With the guidance of an experienced practitioner, psychotherapy encourages you to step back and examine yourself and your situation objectively.

It's a psychological stock-taking. You decide what continues to be useful and what is long past its sell-by date and needs discarding. You head in directions that feel right for you!